The Hawaiian island of Maui: Where civilization and Eden merge
Think Hawaii and images of romance, blue skies and glorious weather float by the conjured thoughts. Midway across the warm Pacific lies a chain of islands called Hawaii, 2,000 miles of ocean from our mainland with no continental coast between. These small bits of land appear offered to the sky by water and pressed to the earth by stars. Here civilizations of Occident and Orient merge under the tropical influence of the Polynesian culture.
Big Sur, Henry Cowell are a must
This is your guide to exploring Monterey Bay thanks to the expertise of our outdoors columnist Ron Erskine. To view more hiking guides, just go back to Where To Hike. Each guide is based on location.
Greening up garbage: just how much do you have to throw away?
Humor us for a moment and take stock of your trash can. We know, it's not a terribly pleasant thought, but there might be valuables among those old coffee grounds and wadded-up tissues.
Mission San Juan Bautista plans fiesta
Take a step back in time to those thrilling days of yesteryear when the social life of the great ranchos revolved around the grand fiestas. Relive those great outdoor parties with caballeros chasing señoritas, meat cooking on an open grill, dancing and entertainment.
Bay Area politician is an American legend
Pete McCloskey is a true red, white and blue American legend. I
Teraji: Running down a disease
“Every mile I conquer will be more meaningful because I’m doing this for something greater – for a cause I truly believe in. Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way,” Gilroy’s marathon man Manual Haro says. “This is my way of fighting back against a disease that has taken too much.”
